(n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests.
(n.) A verse composed of such feet.
Example Sentences:
Velveteen
Definition:
(n.) A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.
Example Sentences:
(1) Further selection for radiation-resistant bacteria was obtained by irradiation of bacteria on velveteen in the replication process, thereby avoiding the toxic effect of irradiated media.
(2) The velveteen replica plate technique was used for inoculation of mitomycin C-induced colonies onto agar plates, and tetrazolium chloride was used to enhance detection of phage activity on replicated indicator plates.
(3) he repeated quietly, leaning back and running his fat manicured hand along the purple velveteen arm of the sofa.
(4) Replicas prepared using this block are of higher quality than those using the velveteen-covered cylinder.
(5) This is particularly apparent early on, in the tense, cinematic inter-cutting between the killers and their victims: as Herb, the rural patriarch, consumes his usual breakfast of an apple and a glass of milk, "unaware that it would be his last", and his daughter Nancy lays out her velveteen dress for church, "the dress in which she was to be buried", the two ex-cons are racing across the wheat plains of the Midwest in their black Chevrolet sedan, Hickock high on Orange Blossoms, Smith crunching handfuls of aspirin for his grotesquely injured legs.
(6) Read the speech in full Melissa Harris-Perry, Wellesley College, 2012 If you’ve read The Velveteen Principles, then you know that everything that you need to know about how to have an authentic, successful life is actually conveyed in the book The Velveteen Rabbit.